Every year the Academy Awards gives out Oscars to short filmmakers, and every year a lot of people in the audience scratch their heads, because they’ve never seen or heard of most of the nominees.

Ahead of the Academy Awards, we’ve reviewed every short film in each category: Animation, Documentary, and Live Action. Below are the Best Documentary Short nominees: As we learn at the end of seventy ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The 2026 Oscar-nominated animated shorts mix the past and the present, fable and nonfiction. Some even look into ...